Collaborative Responsibilities for this unit:1. Class Notes: John, Audrey, Emily, Jenny2. Mapping Macondo: This novel recounts the foundation and development of a village. At the end of each chapter I would like to see a quick sketch of the village. Whether you choose to sketch this on the board when you come in to class, or you prefer to do it digitally and send the file up to the conference so that you can simply update it periodically. It´s up to you.(Oliver, Chris, Matti)3. Time:Throughout the novel we are going to see many, many flashbacks, flashforwards etc. etc. I have put a document on the conference where I´m hoping that you can straighten out the looping, repeating timeline of the novel´s action. Try to account for as many of the novel´s anecdotes etc. as possible. (Charlie, Corey, Mel)4. References to solitude: There is a document on the conference that you can edit. Please keep an updated list of quotes in which there is a reference made to solitude. (Lyndon, Ruth, Campbell, Christina)
Monday, November 10 In class: 1. Please have John King´s Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture with you in class. I am going to give you time to read a chapter from this book during class. Homework due for Wednesday :1. You should be finishing up your take-home tests for Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 12 In class: 1. Please be sure to have García Márquez´s One Hundred Years of Solitude in class. We will read the first few pages together in class. Homework due for Thursday :1. Finish Chapter 1 of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Thursday, November 13 In class: Discussion questions for Chapter 1 ofOne Hundred Years...
1. What are some of the initial descriptions given of Macondo and its founding? What kind of atmosphere does this create? 2.On pages 1-2 Melquíades says "Things have a life of the their own…It's simply a matter of waking up their souls." Are there any manifestations of this prophecy in the first chapter? 3.What drives José Arcadio Buendía's obsession with the inventions that Melquíades brings? 4.How is time treated in this first chapter? Does this suggest anything about the novel´s vision of history? 5.Comment some of the references that are made to the Bible. 6.What can we make of the references that are made to 16th-century Spain? 7.What is the significance of the various inventions that Melquíades brings to Macondo? In other words, certainly it is not by accident that GGM chooses the "inventions" that he does. Homework due for Friday :1.Read Chapter 2 of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Friday, November 14 In class: Discussion questions for Chapter 2 ofOne Hundred Years...
1.Some critics look at Macondo as a microcosm for Latin America. If this is the case, what are the events, fears, etc. that lead to the foundation of Macondo? What might this have in common with the foundation of the New World? 2.Consider Freud´s postulations on dreams, the subconscious and man's libido. 3.What are we to make of the ways in which GGM makes use of the days of the week and the months of the year. He is certain to include this information whenever something important happens, and sometimes for no apparent reason at all. Why? 4.José Arcadio (the son) learns why men are afraid of death on page 28. Why are men afraid of death, or rather, what does he learn? 5.What about the curse words? They are few and far between, but well placed. How does GGM use these interjections? 6.The flying carpet is a game-changer? How does it shape the way that we view the setting of the novel? 7.Consider the causes and effects of Ursula´s departure and return.
Homework due for Monday:1. Read Chapter 3 of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
2. Also, if you were unable to finish the chapter in King that we started in class on Monday, you should do so.
Monday, November 17 In class: Discussion questions for Chapter 3 ofOne Hundred Years... 1. Given the importance of "dreams" in Chapter 2 - What can we make of their disappearance here? 2. Written language and History…History and God. 3. Written language - Oral Language 4. Consider the parallel between Ursula´s expansion of the interior and JAB´s creation of Macondo. How does this help us to think about gender relations in this novel?
5. The arrival of the Governor and their first orders in the town. Homework due for Wednesday :Read Chapter 4 of One Hundred Years of Solitude. I haven´t written any discussion questions for this chapter, please consider the discussion that we have already had and come up with your own "discussion questions" that we can visit tomorrow in class. Wednesday, November 19 In class: Discuss Chapter 4
Homework due for Thursday :Read Chapter 5 of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Thursday, November 20 In class: Discussion topics for Chapter 5
1.Introduction to religion and politics to the town. 2.Marriage, poetics and the engendering of children. 3.Compare/contrast between Aureliano and José Arcadio
4.The baptism of Colonel AB. 5.p. 90 the allusions involved in José Arcadio's adventures. 6.The indiscriminate repression of liberals and conservatives when the army moves in.
Homework due for Friday :1. Please read Chapter 6 of
Friday, November 21 In class: Discussion topics for Chapter 6
p.106 - Ursula´s manipulation of the truth….refraining, reinventing of the truth. p. 107 - Foucauldian power, bondage comment the stronger type of bond that holds JAB to the tree. p.112 - More discussion of Pilar T. discuss her relationship with Arcadio and his desires as it relates to early episodes involving her. Compare and contrast the firing squads faced by Arcadio and Col. AB. 118-119.- Arcadio thinks about naming his children. What can be said about naming and identity in this novel. 131-138- Viable theories about JA´s death. 139 - Just before death JAB wanders through a number of rooms, some real and others irreal. What is the significance of this. Archiving images and written language some characters seem infatuated with leaving no trace….why? Homework due for Monday:1. Catch up on reading if you need to, if not spend some time thinking about (working on) your final project. 2. Take some time to update you blog with some of your most recent thoughts on One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Monday, November 24 In class: Discussion topics for Chapter 6
p.106 - Ursula´s manipulation of the truth….refraining, reinventing of the truth. p. 107 - Foucauldian power, bondage comment the stronger type of bond that holds JAB to the tree. p.112 - More discussion of Pilar T. discuss her relationship with Arcadio and his desires as it relates to early episodes involving her. Compare and contrast the firing squads faced by Arcadio and Col. AB. 118-119.- Arcadio thinks about naming his children. What can be said about naming and identity in this novel. 131-138- Viable theories about JA´s death. 139 - Just before death JAB wanders through a number of rooms, some real and others irreal. What is the significance of this. Archiving images and written language some characters seem infatuated with leaving no trace….why?
Homework due for Monday:
Read Chapter 7 of 100 Years of Solitude.
Collaborative Responsibilities for this unit: 1. Class Notes: John, Audrey, Emily, Jenny 2. Mapping Macondo: This novel recounts the foundation and development of a village. At the end of each chapter I would like to see a quick sketch of the village. Whether you choose to sketch this on the board when you come in to class, or you prefer to do it digitally and send the file up to the conference so that you can simply update it periodically. It´s up to you.(Oliver, Chris, Matti) 3. Time: Throughout the novel we are going to see many, many flashbacks, flashforwards etc. etc. I have put a document on the conference where I´m hoping that you can straighten out the looping, repeating timeline of the novel´s action. Try to account for as many of the novel´s anecdotes etc. as possible. (Charlie, Corey, Mel) 4. References to solitude: There is a document on the conference that you can edit. Please keep an updated list of quotes in which there is a reference made to solitude. ( Lyndon, Ruth, Campbell, Christina)
In class: 1. Please have John King´s Cambridge Companion to Modern Latin American Culture with you in class. I am going to give you time to read a chapter from this book during class.
Homework due for Wednesday : 1. You should be finishing up your take-home tests for Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 12
In class: 1. Please be sure to have García Márquez´s One Hundred Years of Solitude in class. We will read the first few pages together in class.
Homework due for Thursday : 1. Finish Chapter 1 of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Thursday, November 13
In class: Discussion questions for Chapter 1 of One Hundred Years...
1. What are some of the initial descriptions given of Macondo and its founding? What kind of atmosphere does this create?
2. On pages 1-2 Melquíades says "Things have a life of the their own…It's simply a matter of waking up their souls." Are there any manifestations of this prophecy in the first chapter?
3. What drives José Arcadio Buendía's obsession with the inventions that Melquíades brings?
4. How is time treated in this first chapter? Does this suggest anything about the novel´s vision of history?
5. Comment some of the references that are made to the Bible.
6. What can we make of the references that are made to 16th-century Spain?
7. What is the significance of the various inventions that Melquíades brings to Macondo? In other words, certainly it is not by accident that GGM chooses the "inventions" that he does.
Homework due for Friday : 1.Read Chapter 2 of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Friday, November 14
In class:
Discussion questions for Chapter 2 of One Hundred Years...
1. Some critics look at Macondo as a microcosm for Latin America. If this is the case, what are the events, fears, etc. that lead to the foundation of Macondo? What might this have in common with the foundation of the New World?
2. Consider Freud´s postulations on dreams, the subconscious and man's libido.
3. What are we to make of the ways in which GGM makes use of the days of the week and the months of the year. He is certain to include this information whenever something important happens, and sometimes for no apparent reason at all. Why?
4. José Arcadio (the son) learns why men are afraid of death on page 28. Why are men afraid of death, or rather, what does he learn?
5. What about the curse words? They are few and far between, but well placed. How does GGM use these interjections?
6. The flying carpet is a game-changer? How does it shape the way that we view the setting of the novel?
7. Consider the causes and effects of Ursula´s departure and return.
Homework due for Monday: 1. Read Chapter 3 of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
2. Also, if you were unable to finish the chapter in King that we started in class on Monday, you should do so.
Monday, November 17
In class: Discussion questions for Chapter 3 of One Hundred Years...
1. Given the importance of "dreams" in Chapter 2 - What can we make of their disappearance here?
2. Written language and History…History and God.
3. Written language - Oral Language
4. Consider the parallel between Ursula´s expansion of the interior and JAB´s creation of Macondo. How does this help us to think about gender relations in this novel?
5. The arrival of the Governor and their first orders in the town.
Homework due for Wednesday : Read Chapter 4 of One Hundred Years of Solitude. I haven´t written any discussion questions for this chapter, please consider the discussion that we have already had and come up with your own "discussion questions" that we can visit tomorrow in class.
Wednesday, November 19
In class: Discuss Chapter 4
Homework due for Thursday : Read Chapter 5 of One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Thursday, November 20
In class: Discussion topics for Chapter 5
1. Introduction to religion and politics to the town.
2. Marriage, poetics and the engendering of children.
3. Compare/contrast between Aureliano and José Arcadio
4. The baptism of Colonel AB.
5. p. 90 the allusions involved in José Arcadio's adventures.
6. The indiscriminate repression of liberals and conservatives when the army moves in.
Homework due for Friday : 1. Please read Chapter 6 of
Friday, November 21
In class: Discussion topics for Chapter 6
p.106 - Ursula´s manipulation of the truth….refraining, reinventing of the truth.
p. 107 - Foucauldian power, bondage comment the stronger type of bond that holds JAB to the tree.
p.112 - More discussion of Pilar T. discuss her relationship with Arcadio and his desires as it relates to early episodes involving her.
Compare and contrast the firing squads faced by Arcadio and Col. AB.
118-119.- Arcadio thinks about naming his children. What can be said about naming and identity in this novel.
131-138- Viable theories about JA´s death.
139 - Just before death JAB wanders through a number of rooms, some real and others irreal. What is the significance of this.
Archiving images and written language some characters seem infatuated with leaving no trace….why?
Homework due for Monday: 1. Catch up on reading if you need to, if not spend some time thinking about (working on) your final project.
2. Take some time to update you blog with some of your most recent thoughts on One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Monday, November 24
In class: Discussion topics for Chapter 6
p.106 - Ursula´s manipulation of the truth….refraining, reinventing of the truth.
p. 107 - Foucauldian power, bondage comment the stronger type of bond that holds JAB to the tree.
p.112 - More discussion of Pilar T. discuss her relationship with Arcadio and his desires as it relates to early episodes involving her.
Compare and contrast the firing squads faced by Arcadio and Col. AB.
118-119.- Arcadio thinks about naming his children. What can be said about naming and identity in this novel.
131-138- Viable theories about JA´s death.
139 - Just before death JAB wanders through a number of rooms, some real and others irreal. What is the significance of this.
Archiving images and written language some characters seem infatuated with leaving no trace….why?
Homework due for Monday:
Read Chapter 7 of 100 Years of Solitude.